I hope you had a merry little Christmas. Ours was quiet but pleasant with phone calls, sweet text messages and some mid-day socializing with Dave, who braved the messy freeway to Seattle. We spent the entire rainy day inside enjoying our gifts, both material and spiritual.
Today is the second day of Christmas and Boxing Day in Great Britain.
The holiday goes back to the Middle Ages, when the merchant class would fill boxes with leftover food for the less fortunate. Servants traditionally got the day off, because they had to work yesterday.
The Twelve Days of Christmas is largely forgotten in the United States, except for that song I don't care to hear for another year.
This time of winter was once a wild, twelve day period of non-fasting celebration before Lent. In the olden days, the holiday was just getting started on December 25th. After all the anticipation and preparation, it's a shame that Christmas is a one day event in modern times.
But lovely Hanukkah, The Festival of Lights, is just getting started. Enjoy, friends!
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